Bibliotheca illustris: sive Catalogus variorum librorum in qu^avis lingu^a & facultate insignium ornatissimae bibliothecae viri cujusdam praenobilis ac honoratissimi olim defuncti, libris rarissimis tam typis excusis qu`am manuscriptis refertissimae: quorum auctio habebitur Londini, ad insigne Ursi in vico dicto Ave-Mary-Lane, prope templum D. Pauli, Novemb. 21. 1687. Per T. Bentley, & B. Walford, bibliopolas. Lond
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London]: Catalogues are distributed at 6 d. per catalogue, at Mr. Willis in Kings-street, Westminster. Mr. Holford at the Crown in the Pall-Mall. Mr. Sam Lownds near the Savoy. Mr. Wilkinson at the Black Boy, and Mr. Dring at the Harrow at Chancery-Land end in Fleet-street. Mr. Chiswell in S. Paul's Church-yard. Mr. Thomas Bentley at the Crown in Little-Brittain. Mr. Tho. Guy at the Oxford-Arms in Castle-Alley near the Royal Exchange. Mr. Bayly at the Bridgefoot in Southwark. Mr. Benj. Shirly in Oxon, booksellers. And at the Coffee-Houses in Cambridge, [1687
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Ailesbury, Robert Bruce, Earl of, -1685 Library; Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598 Library; Walford, Benjamin, -approximately 1710.
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- R282
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- 111288
- Description
- [4], 6, [2], 5-18, [2], 19-44, 41-92, 91-94, [2] p. ; 4°.
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- "From the statement in the preface that this collection 'comprises the main part of the library of that famous secretary, William Cecil, Lord Burleigh', it has generally been assumed that this is a catalogue of his library exclusively; the collection in fact was owned by Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury, who had inherited the mss. and possibly some of the printed books through his wife, Lady Diana Grey, Lord Burghley's great-great-granddaughter" -- Cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints
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With a final advertisement leaf
Identified as Wing (2nd ed.) B2831 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700", reel 1143, and as Wing (2nd ed) B5726 on reel 681.